James “Murr” Murray: We wanted the shirt to say “You’re The Beef” but Wendy’s wouldn’t give us permission to do it. I was wearing a T-shirt that said “I’m The Beef” (laughs). Joe Gatto: Their reaction was so great that I think it was honestly one of my favorite things I’ve ever had to do on this journey. The Maine Edge: Their reaction is priceless and it is exactly how people would have react in that situation. When this unsuspecting tour group came through this cave in Tennessee, I would emerge from the shadows and ask them to help me get out. The idea was that I’d gotten lost on a tour with my parents in the late 1980s and had been living underground since. In three hours, they transformed me into a cave-dwelling monster. For me, using Hollywood prosthetics allowed us to take the joke to the next level.
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Joe Gatto: This movie allowed us to pull off some of the ideas we’ve had for a very long time, and to do everything on a much bigger scale.
The Maine Edge: What were some of your favorite moments from the movie?
James “Murr” Murray: I’ve had good luck finding them on Etsy (laughs). Joe Gatto: You’d be surprised at what you can find on Craig’s List (laughs). The Maine Edge: Where do you find white Bengal tigers, other than India? Joe Gatto: We locked Sal in a motel room with a 600-pound white Bengal tiger. It’s so real, we had to take out a $15 Million life insurance policy on one of the guys in case he didn’t make it. All of the challenges and punishments are real. I would say that 80 to 85% of the movie is unfortunately very, very real. James “Murr” Murray: The movie has a very loose narrative just to start us on this hidden camera road trip. The Maine Edge: Fans of the show will find a lot to laugh about in this movie but how much of what we see in the film is real and unscripted? She was so cool and down to Earth, and we can now say she’s a friend of the Impractical Jokers. When she told us she wanted to do the movie, it blew our minds to know that we were going to include this true icon in our film. When we sent the script over, we found out that she was already a fan of the show and a fan of ours. We wrote the script that we had to ruin something so we thought it would be funny to ruin a Paula Abdul concert. When we wrote the script, we went back to the 1990s and she is quintessential ‘90s. Joe Gatto: (laughing) Everybody wants to know about Paula Abdul! She was fantastic.
Seeing you laugh has been my own medicine, particularly in these weird and difficult times we find ourselves.The Maine Edge: I have to ask this question off the top: How did you land Paula Abdul for this movie? They say that laughter is the best medicine, and I hope I’ve been able to provide some of that over the last decade. Gatto closed out his farewell message by saying, “To all of the amazing fans, thank you for allowing me to make you laugh with Jokers. With the support of our fans, we’ll get back to making a new chapter of Impractical Jokers in January.” While we are saddened to see him go, we want to keep making people laugh, keep our relationship working with the members of our team that we consider family. Murray in turn shared a joint message from him, Quinn and Vulcano, which said, “After all these years together, we never imagined making Impractical Jokers without Joe.
I am very thankful to have worked with each and every one of them.” “And even though the four of us are the ones who you all see, this show is only possible due to the hard work of the talented crew members who work behind the scenes. I know they will continue to make the world laugh,” Gatto continued. “Outside of my family, my relationships with Murr, Q and Sal have been the most important in my life.
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